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'1' ,3 1 4,77 1 Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

M. C. AND C. H. V AN ALSTYNE.

4 can. APPLICATION FILED JULY H. 1918.

anoentot and State of Michigan,

rruf s rA'r s MATTHEW d. vAN ALs'rrNE AND cHAnLns H. VAN Ls'rYNn, OESOUTH HAvEN, MICHIGAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

Application filed July 11, 1918. Serial No. 244,502.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MATTHEW C. VAN ALs'rYNE, and CHARLES H, VAN ALs'rYNn, citizens of the United States, residing at South Haven, in the county of Van uren have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oilers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in oilers for use upon vehicle springs, as automobiles, &c., and its objects are: first, to provide a means whereby oil placed in the reservoir will be evenly distributed over the springs; second, to provide an oil distributing device that may be readily appl ed to, or removed from the springs, and, third, to provide an oiler with which the distributin element may be readily inserted or removed.

We attain these objects by the construction shown in the accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is asectional elevation or the oiler with the wicks in place. Fig. is an elevation of the upper part of the 01191" with a transverse section of the SpI1I1gS,B:1g. 3 is a plan of the oiler showing the opening for entering the oil, and Figs. 4. and 5 are elevations of one end of the oil reservoirand sections of the side pieces showing modified forms of connections.

Similar numerals indicate similar parts throughout the several views shown in the drawings.

With this oiler the reservoir 5 has a cover 1, the ends of which extend outwardly from the ends of the reservoir and have bent flanges, 2, formed thereon. The reservoir is constructed with side walls 5, bottom 12,

cover 1 and, with partitions 10 at the ends arranged to leave an opening 11 at each end for the entrance of the wicks '6. The sides of the oiler consist of U shaped metal 3, the upper ends of which are bent inwardly to form short lugs 4:, designed to pass into the hooks 2 on the cover to form safe securing and supporting elements at the upper ends of these supports. The lower ends of these supports are connected by means of helical springs 7, so they will be drawn firmly against the sides ofthe springs 13.

When the upper ends of these supports 3 are properly enga ed with the hooks 2, the wicks 6 are bent ownward at right angles forming the side bearings 6 that are designed to bear upon the edges of the springs 13, so that oil that penetrates the ends 6 in the oil cup will percolate through the fiber of the wicks into and through the ends 6', and will be distributed upon the edges of the springs, and, by the working of the springs as the vehicle is being propelled over a road, the oil will be earned between the springs and thoroughly lubricate them.

The lower ends, 8, of the supports 3 are doubled and a guard 9 is formed to protect the connecting ends of the springs, and to add symmetry to the construction of these supports.

When in use the tank is partly filled with oil or grease, as indicated by the dotted lines within the tank, by passing it through the opening 14, which insures sufficient oil in the tank to insure the perfect lubrication of the springs 13, through the ends 6 of the wicks.

To attach, or remove the oilers the lower ends are drawn apart, as indicated by the dotted lines to the right and left of Fig. 1, until the lugs 4 may be disengaged from the hooks 2 and the ends or supports drawn downward out of engagement with said hooks, when the entire oiler may be readily removed, and as readily replaced. The space 11, between the ends of the partitions 10 and the bottom 12 of the tank, should closely fit over the Wick so as to require a considerable effort to pass the wick between them, and the partitions should be a little back, or inside from the ends of the bottom 12 to insure holdin the end 6 of each of the wicks firmly paralle with the bottom 12, as shown.

In Fig. 4 we have shown the sides hooked upon the upper surface of the end of the top, as at 2'-4, and in Fig. 5 we have shown the corner so constructed, as indicated at 2"4" that a smooth, even corner is formed, which we find very desirable, and prefer above any of the formations shown in the other views, as it is much more sightly and much less liable to become disengaged from the springs when in active use.

I 5 short lugs formed at What we claim as new in the art is:

In a spring oiler, a tank having a cover provided with extended ends, bent flanges formed on said ends, side supports having engage the, heoks on t e ends of the cover, partitions at the ends one end arranged to of the tank formed holding the side supportsvsepurely in place. 10]

Signed at South Haven,-Michigan, July l, 1918. h i

U C,- VAN ALSTYNE,

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents egch, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washiri' gtojml). G.

CHARLES VAN A STYNE. I 

